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cloud blower, and, getting it thoroughly lighted, went to the rear of 

 the kiva, following a sinistral circuit, where, stooping down, he forced 

 smoke out of the small end of the pipe on the rain symbols of the 

 north, and, passing to the west side, forced smoke upon the green 

 clouds of the west. Then he went to the southeast, corner, then to 

 the northeast, then to the southwest, and forced smoke upon the 

 mosaic. He then returnd to his position, emptying the ashes from 

 the cloud blower on a corn husk, placed the pipe in its sack and 

 resumed his position, w^here he sat for a moment, then taking up a 

 meal bag, ascended the ladder until he was able to extend his arm out 

 over the kiva hatchway, where he breathed a prayer upon a pinch of 

 meal and threw it toward the rising sun. 



Seventh Song. Polihungwa returned to his place in the circle, 

 when Lomanakshu arose, took the meal bag and ascended to the top 

 of the kiva ladder, breathed upon a pinch of meal and cast it in the 

 direction of the rising sun. 



Eighth Song. Toward the end of this song Polihungwa filled a 

 pipe, lighted it, smoked, and turning, again resumed his position in 

 the circle, where he continued smoking, while the asperger asperged 

 the mosaic. Polihungwa then blew smoke into the medicine bowl 

 four times and once each into the mongjvikurus. Polihungwa now 

 passed the pipe to the asperger, who smoked silently for a moment and 

 then blew a thin line of smoke across the sand mosaic, and he in 

 turn passed the pipe to Lomanakshu, who smoked contentedly, blow- 

 ing smoke over the mosaic from time to time. The asperger then 

 asperged five times over the mosaic and once toward the east, and 

 then toward the fireplace. Here, the singing ceased. 



It was possible to observe now just what the objects were which 

 the priests had held in their hands during the singing, as they now 

 replaced the objects in the clay pedestals. It was seen that some of 

 them held crooks {ngo I Ids hoy as'), while others held black bahos 

 {chochopkiatd), while still another held one of the reed arrows. 



Two or three boys now entered the kiva and a moment later a 

 woman came in, putting down at the back of the platform a U-shaped 

 stick used in fashioning the hair whorls of the tnana. She then sat 

 down on the east side of the banquette. Lomanakshu now passed the 

 pipe back to the asperger who placed it down by the side of the fire- 

 place and Lomanakshu took up again his snake whip. Polihungwa 

 now took from the maid the battti and from the youth the tipont, 

 replacing them in their proper positions, while the asperger sprinkled 

 the mosaic. All then took a pinch of meal over which they intoned a 

 prayer, and then sprinkled the mosaic, Talamossi, Kashwungwa (Parrot 



